Mitsuhiro Kawano

11.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
184 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Mitsuhiro Kawano is a scholar working on Rheumatology, Epidemiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Mitsuhiro Kawano has authored 184 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 115 papers in Rheumatology, 67 papers in Epidemiology and 58 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Mitsuhiro Kawano's work include IgG4-Related and Inflammatory Diseases (88 papers), Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances (54 papers) and Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments (35 papers). Mitsuhiro Kawano is often cited by papers focused on IgG4-Related and Inflammatory Diseases (88 papers), Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances (54 papers) and Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments (35 papers). Mitsuhiro Kawano collaborates with scholars based in Japan, France and United States. Mitsuhiro Kawano's co-authors include Takako Saeki, Ichiro Mizushima, Hisanori Umehara, Kazunori Yamada, Dai Inoue, Hitoshi Nakashima, Masakazu Yamagishi, Motohisa Yamamoto, Yasuharu Sato and Kazuichi Okazaki and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Biological Chemistry and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Mitsuhiro Kawano

169 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

The 2019 American College of Rheumatology/European League... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 2020 100 200 300 400
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The 2019 American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism classification criteria for IgG4-related disease
    2019 409 citations Dai Inoue, Mitsuhiro Kawano et al. profile →
  2. The 2020 revised comprehensive diagnostic (RCD) criteria for IgG4-RD
    2020 276 citations Hisanori Umehara, Takashi Akamizu et al. Modern Rheumatology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mitsuhiro Kawano Japan 24 2.2k 1.4k 1.4k 774 353 184 3.2k
Héctor Melín‐Aldana United States 31 1.4k 0.6× 649 0.5× 2.2k 1.6× 272 0.4× 276 0.8× 100 3.6k
B Devulder France 24 1.0k 0.5× 1.2k 0.8× 333 0.2× 430 0.6× 756 2.1× 188 2.9k
Gleb Slobodin Israel 26 752 0.3× 543 0.4× 351 0.3× 280 0.4× 284 0.8× 141 2.3k
Mariele Gatto Italy 33 2.3k 1.0× 560 0.4× 164 0.1× 493 0.6× 250 0.7× 121 3.6k
Merav Lidar Israel 30 702 0.3× 237 0.2× 478 0.4× 1.6k 2.0× 247 0.7× 142 2.7k
Luigi Muratori Italy 44 1.3k 0.6× 3.3k 2.4× 1.1k 0.8× 276 0.4× 190 0.5× 122 5.0k
Francesco Caso Italy 35 2.0k 0.9× 374 0.3× 262 0.2× 839 1.1× 279 0.8× 137 3.9k
Antonio Vitale Italy 37 1.2k 0.6× 253 0.2× 276 0.2× 1.3k 1.6× 566 1.6× 143 3.4k
Gurtej S. Cheema United States 24 1.3k 0.6× 257 0.2× 266 0.2× 351 0.5× 241 0.7× 26 2.9k
Clodoveo Ferri Italy 20 737 0.3× 598 0.4× 288 0.2× 196 0.3× 272 0.8× 42 2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Mitsuhiro Kawano

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mitsuhiro Kawano

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mitsuhiro Kawano

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All Works

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Tanaka, Atsushi, Kenji Notohara, Maki Tobari, et al.. (2025). A clinicopathological study of IgG4-related autoimmune hepatitis and IgG4-hepatopathy. Journal of Gastroenterology. 60(5). 632–640.
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Masuda, Atsuhiro, Kenji Notohara, Yuzo Kodama, et al.. (2025). Clinical manifestations of immunoglobulin G4-related gastrointestinal disease: a nationwide multicenter retrospective study. Journal of Gastroenterology. 61(1). 16–26.
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Watanabe, Yoshihiro, Ikuo Okafuji, S. Tamai, et al.. (2024). Epitope profiling of cow's milk allergen-specific antibodies with determining IgE content in epitopes-ALL, a 14-epitopes mixture. Journal of Immunological Methods. 535. 113773–113773. 1 indexed citations
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Hara, Satoshi, Yoshinori Takahashi, Kiyoaki Ito, et al.. (2023). Case report: Rosai-Dorfman disease with rare extranodal lesions in the pelvis, heart, liver and skin. Frontiers in Oncology. 12. 1083500–1083500. 1 indexed citations
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Hara, Satoshi, et al.. (2023). Development of Remitting Seronegative Symmetrical Synovitis with Pitting Edema Syndrome with Pembrolizumab for Lung Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Internal Medicine. 63(14). 2089–2096. 1 indexed citations
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Yoshida, Shohei, et al.. (2023). Cardiac light-chain deposition disease and hints at diagnosing: a case report. European Heart Journal - Case Reports. 7(2). ytad049–ytad049. 4 indexed citations
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Maehara, Takashi, Ryusuke Munemura, Atsushi Doi, et al.. (2023). Granzyme K– and amphiregulin-expressing cytotoxic T cells and activated extrafollicular B cells are potential drivers of IgG4-related disease. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 153(4). 1095–1112. 15 indexed citations
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Karashima, Shigehiro, Kohei Ogura, Kazuhiro Ogai, et al.. (2023). Impact of gut microbiome on serum IgG4 levels in the general population: Shika-machi super preventive health examination results. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 13. 1272398–1272398. 2 indexed citations
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Sakai, Masato, Yuta Ohno, Yuki Kawasaki, et al.. (2023). A case of immunoglobulin G4–related retroperitoneal fibrosis and hypophysitis with antecedent respiratory disease followed by spontaneous remission and recurrence. Modern Rheumatology Case Reports. 8(1). 163–171. 2 indexed citations
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Hara, Satoshi, et al.. (2022). Normotensive Scleroderma Renal Crisis 8 Years After Living Donor Renal Transplantation: A Case Report. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 33(11S). 841–841.
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Kawahara, Hiroyuki, Ichiro Mizushima, Seung Yong Shin, et al.. (2022). Clues to mortality trends and their related factors in IgG4-related disease: A Japanese single-centre retrospective study. Modern Rheumatology. 33(6). 1154–1161. 2 indexed citations
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Honda, Fumika, Hiroto Tsuboi, Saori Abe, et al.. (2021). Pathogenic roles and therapeutic potential of the CCL8–CCR8 axis in a murine model of IgG4-related sialadenitis. Arthritis Research & Therapy. 23(1). 214–214. 10 indexed citations
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Onoe, Tamehito, Satoshi Hara, Kazunori Yamada, et al.. (2021). Significance of kidney biopsy in autosomal dominant tubulointerstitial kidney disease-UMOD: is kidney biopsy truly nonspecific?. BMC Nephrology. 22(1). 1–1. 15 indexed citations
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Kawashiri, Shin‐ya, Tomoki Origuchi, Masataka Umeda, et al.. (2018). Association of serum levels of fibrosis-related biomarkers with disease activity in patients with IgG4-related disease. Arthritis Research & Therapy. 20(1). 277–277. 14 indexed citations
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Saeki, Takako & Mitsuhiro Kawano. (2013). IgG4-related kidney disease. Kidney International. 85(2). 251–257. 91 indexed citations
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Kawano, Mitsuhiro, Takako Saeki, Hitoshi Nakashima, et al.. (2011). Proposal for diagnostic criteria for IgG4-related kidney disease. Clinical and Experimental Nephrology. 15(5). 615–626. 296 indexed citations
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Miyagi, Kyoko, Shigeki Kiyonaka, Kazunori Yamada, et al.. (2009). A Pathogenic C Terminus-truncated Polycystin-2 Mutant Enhances Receptor-activated Ca2+ Entry via Association with TRPC3 and TRPC7. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(49). 34400–34412. 30 indexed citations

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